I think it's nice to help out a local club by adding a few quid to their coffers. So many thanks to Telford, Walsall and the inbreds at Kiddy for playing us.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on July 09, 2018, 10:30:46 PMI think it's nice to help out a local club by adding a few quid to their coffers. So many thanks to Telford, Walsall and the inbreds at Kiddy for playing us.I don't disagree, but don't think it needs to be the same grounds every year. There are plenty of non-League clubs round here we could play.Or maybe play a club at the seaside, seeing as how we never get to play one in the League (and when we do it's at a ground with a tiny allocation or shifted to a sodding night game after I've used up all my leave).
One of the big problems is the massive gap in standards in local football. Walsall are the only League One club (I'm guessing Coventry would think playing us to be more trouble than it's worth with regards to police costs). After them there's nobody new at a decent standard except Solihull, which is a horrible ground, and Tamworth, where we sometimes send a team.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on July 09, 2018, 11:35:45 PMOne of the big problems is the massive gap in standards in local football. Walsall are the only League One club (I'm guessing Coventry would think playing us to be more trouble than it's worth with regards to police costs). After them there's nobody new at a decent standard except Solihull, which is a horrible ground, and Tamworth, where we sometimes send a team. Do the games have to be quite so local ? How about Northampton or 'Nam. Only around an hour from Brum
Quote from: UK Redsox on July 11, 2018, 10:32:55 AMQuote from: dave.woodhall on July 09, 2018, 11:35:45 PMOne of the big problems is the massive gap in standards in local football. Walsall are the only League One club (I'm guessing Coventry would think playing us to be more trouble than it's worth with regards to police costs). After them there's nobody new at a decent standard except Solihull, which is a horrible ground, and Tamworth, where we sometimes send a team. Do the games have to be quite so local ? How about Northampton or 'Nam. Only around an hour from BrumOr Notts County, Vale, Oxford even. Plenty of grounds not too far that we don't play at all the time.
Kiddy or Telford?Both more or less equidistant in terms travel time for me. Anyone got any thoughts?Presume we can pay in at both on the gate. Any past history on which is the nearest to a "first team game" or is it just pot luck?At the moment Kiddy is shading it because I'll be able to fit in a pint of Bathams at the Swan In Chaddesley Corbett on the way.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on July 11, 2018, 02:45:17 PMQuote from: UK Redsox on July 11, 2018, 10:32:55 AMQuote from: dave.woodhall on July 09, 2018, 11:35:45 PMOne of the big problems is the massive gap in standards in local football. Walsall are the only League One club (I'm guessing Coventry would think playing us to be more trouble than it's worth with regards to police costs). After them there's nobody new at a decent standard except Solihull, which is a horrible ground, and Tamworth, where we sometimes send a team. Do the games have to be quite so local ? How about Northampton or 'Nam. Only around an hour from BrumOr Notts County, Vale, Oxford even. Plenty of grounds not too far that we don't play at all the time.In fairness we did play at Shrewsbury last year
Quote from: itmustbe_it is! on July 11, 2018, 10:54:09 PMKiddy or Telford?Both more or less equidistant in terms travel time for me. Anyone got any thoughts?Presume we can pay in at both on the gate. Any past history on which is the nearest to a "first team game" or is it just pot luck?At the moment Kiddy is shading it because I'll be able to fit in a pint of Bathams at the Swan In Chaddesley Corbett on the way.Kiddy has much the better pubs within strolling distance of the train station and the ground, and it has food on a totally different level to almost any club in the country.Plus it's a nicer ground than the plastic thing that Telford replaced their lovely old ground with. Kiddy might be moving soon as well, to a plastic thing out in the country somewhere.